Job Queues

General

• Can be defined for reports and codeunits
• The category code is used for filtering and for grouping tasks by schedule
• Further information:
  • Schedule jobs to run automatically - Business Central | Microsoft Learn
  • How to: Create Job Queue Entries | Microsoft Learn
• The “Maximum No. of Attempts to Run” is also important for notifications in case of error: a notification is only sent after all attempts have been carried out

Job Queue Entry Card, “Notifications” Tab

Notifications for the failure and/or success of a task can be set up here. For important job queue entries, notification on failure is recommended.

Setting up the notification code is described on the Notifications (Fashion) page. In addition, a scheduler for the error notification must be set up as a job queue entry:

Special Job Queue Entry for Sending Error Notifications

To send error notifications, a job queue entry must be created for CU 5232538 „BET FN Scheduler Error MGT“.

Job Queue Log Entries

The log entries of a job queue entry can be used to trace, among other things:

• whether the task completed without error
• when the task was last run
• how long the task took to run
• whether an error message and/or a success message was sent

Overview of Important Job Queues

Some commonly used job queues are listed here (not an exhaustive list):

General

• Job queue for sending error notifications
• Job queue for the “Item Correction” function (see Master Data, Item Correction)

EDI

• Job queue for EDI processing

Finance

• Job queue for warehouse posting invoice setup prices: Report 795
• Job queue for batch-posting purchase invoices: Report 497 (see Purchase Setup, automated posting of purchase invoices)

BE-terna Commerce Interface (Webshop)

• Job queue for webshop order import: CU 5594967 BET ECOM Doc. Import Mgt
• Job queue for new-contact import from the webshop: CU 5594968 BET ECOM WS Contact Import Mgt
• Job queue for sending webshop price updates: CU 5594970 BET ECOM WS Daily Sales Pr Mgt